From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 05:11:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62D3E1065677 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:11:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA0AA8FC08 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m765AxNY009903; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:11:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3C315BAAC; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:10:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:10:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20080806051059.GA65622@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080805181926.GA24000@thought.org> <20080805183320.GE60428@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20080805185612.GC47096@thought.org> <20080805192406.GA60931@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20080805204528.GA51027@thought.org> <20080805210852.GA52496@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20080806000707.GA56589@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080806000707.GA56589@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: general questions about 7.0 and computer efficiency...... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:11:02 -0000 --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 05:07:08PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: >=20 > This brings me to my next question which is:: It it better to > buy a proprietary make like Dell or HP or stick to something=20 > more generic? Let's assume that i could handle the hardware end > myself. what would you suggest? =20 I'd stick to a system from a good local builder. It gives you much more control over what components go into the box. You want to make sure that the chipset on the motherboard and the graphics card are supported by FreeBSD. The components of e.g. Dell systems tend to vary depending on what they have lying around. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiZMmMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUJtwCfbGtLi90K6awZ2MNx9CnoW9JB veAAnj+VxtltnmOCoAhZxJSJp0QtyRoP =6U+3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7--